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Example 22-23
tamiok em bin katim diwai
longen
tamiok
axe
em
3sg
bin
pst
katim
cut
diwai
tree
long-en
prep
-
3sg
the axe with which he cut the tree
Comment:
There are no examples in the corpus. Our non-native intuition may be unreliable.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: The language has no definite article
Instrument relative clauses: Zero and resumptive pronoun
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